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Foreign student drought smashes Melbourne CBD apartment market

Foreign student drought smashes Melbourne CBD apartment market

Public records reveal dozens of inner-city apartments have been sold in recent months at a substantial loss.

  • by Rachel Wells

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Geelong Grammar offloads two Toorak properties in midst of pandemic

Geelong Grammar offloads two Toorak properties in midst of pandemic

Victoria’s most expensive school, Geelong Grammar, sold off two neighbouring multimillion-dollar properties, in the same street as its Toorak campus, in the midst of Victoria’s strict lockdown.

  • by Rachel Wells
Why you should ditch the term 'social distancing'

Why you should ditch the term 'social distancing'

While no one is questioning the need for social distancing to slow the spread of COVID-19, an increasing number of experts are concerned the use of the phrase could lead to a widespread health problem of another kind.

  • by Rachel Wells
'It's never been this busy ever': Peninsula businessman slams 'selfish' tourists

'It's never been this busy ever': Peninsula businessman slams 'selfish' tourists

Residents in some of Victoria's most popular tourist destinations are begging holidaymakers to stay at home.

  • by Rachel Wells and Noel Towell
Pressure mounts on Health Minister to apologise to coronavirus GP

Pressure mounts on Health Minister to apologise to coronavirus GP

The Australian Medical Association has joined a growing rank of doctors furious with Ms Mikakos for criticising Dr Chris Higgins.

  • by Sumeyya Ilanbey and Rachel Wells
Monash Freeway closed, man fighting for life following high-speed crash

Monash Freeway closed, man fighting for life following high-speed crash

The Monash Freeway inbound has been closed to all traffic and a man is fighting for his life after a car crashed into a truck at Narre Warren this morning.

  • by Tate Papworth and Rachel Wells
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No need for face masks says Australia's chief medical officer, as Victoria braces for pandemic

No need for face masks says Australia's chief medical officer, as Victoria braces for pandemic

Professor Brendan Murphy said there had been no community transmission of coronavirus in Australia but warnings have been issued in Victoria about an 'inevitable' pandemic.

  • by Jennifer Duke, Rachel Wells and Tate Papworth
A new self-help finance book is teaching Australians to buy time not things

A new self-help finance book is teaching Australians to buy time not things

The author of a new personal finance book believes time is more valuable than money because "once it’s gone, you’ll never get it back".

  • by Rachel Wells
'I could have saved him': Family of Sunbury grandfather shot after wedding speaks out

'I could have saved him': Family of Sunbury grandfather shot after wedding speaks out

The family of a Sunbury grandfather shot outside his home in the early hours of Saturday morning say they fear for their safety as a masked gunman and his accomplice remain on the run.

  • by Rachel Wells
Slaying in Lower Templestowe: son finds father's body after weapon attack
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Slaying in Lower Templestowe: son finds father's body after weapon attack

Homicide detectives said the man was killed "under very violent circumstances. It's extremely disturbing."

  • by Rachel Wells and Ashleigh McMillan
If Millennials really are having less sex, why would that be?

If Millennials really are having less sex, why would that be?

The phenomenon is recognised widely enough to have been dubbed the "sex recession".  

  • by Rachel Wells

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